[mythtv-users] hdtv modeline question

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 5/5/2005 3:32 PM Xiaotian Sun wrote:

>On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <sun.xiaotian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <sun.xiaotian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a 42" Plasma HDTV (Vizio P42HD), with VGA (D-Sub) and DVI
>>>>>inputs.  It has a native resolution of 1024x768.  For now I've been
>>>>>running my display at this resolution via VGA connection.  I have got
>>>>>any luck with the DVI connection.  The text messages at boot time
>>>>>displays fine via DVI, but the X Window doesn't.
>>>>>
>>>>>I also haven't got any luck to come up with a modeline that works
>>>>>great for my TV.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Try this one:
>>>>
>>>>Modeline "1280x720"     74.25   1280 1316 1452 1644    720  720  723
>>>>751 -hsync +vsync
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>It sort of works, but part of the display goes outside screen.  But
>>>the display quality looks about the same as a 1024x768 at 60Hz.
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>>That screen LOOKED like it was a widescreen, it may very well be that it's not.
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>I know 1024x768 is 4:3 in pixels.  But these 42" Plasma displays often
>have this native resolution because their pixels are not square.  And
>it claims support 720p and 1080i.  I just couldn't get anything like
>that work greatly.  I actually can display something via the VGA
>connection using some modeline I found online for 1080i.  But the
>texts, even the mythtv menus, are flicking.
>  
>
I'm no expert but in my limited experience with MythTV on a VGA screen, 
I got flickering text when "bob" was selected as deinterlace setting in 
MythTV.

HTH,

Drew

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